Friends of Nosara

Help Nosara’s volunteer organizations.

Support charitable, environmental, educational, civic and social activities and projects to benefit the residents of Nosara, Guanacaste, and its surrounding communities.
Please select the Friends of Nosara organization you wish to support and then click below for either a one-time gift or to make a monthly commitment.

Project Description

Friends of Nosara, a not-for-profit organization, was created to support activities that improve the quality of life in the town of Nosara. These activities include, but are not limited to, projects and programs related to culture, education & training, the environment, public health & safety, and civic life. Friends of Nosara offers a means by which the expatriate community of Nosara, as well as visiting tourists, can thank the local community for the openness and warmth with which they have been welcomed by supporting projects that enhance the expatriate and local communities and strengthen the relationship between them. Friends of Nosara has no salaried employees; all are volunteers.

The GCF has worked closely with Friends of Nosara since the former’s founding in 2014, and has benefitted from its experience and local contacts. The GCF has also supported the work of a number of FON’s partner organizations.

Education and technology to bridge the digital divide in rural communities

Provide mobile technologies and teacher training to promote digital and social inclusion

World-Class Education for Costa Rican Youth

Join a movement to implement the world-renowned International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum in public schools around Costa Rica through the Association of International Baccalaureate High Schools in Costa Rica (ASOBITICO).

Transform Costa Rica’s brightest scholars into tomorrow’s leaders

Help outstanding professionals with limited resources to become leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Costa Rica. Help these future leaders pursue Master’s degrees in the United States.

Sponsor a young woman for a 12-week technology course to jumpstart her career as an engineer or developer (MenTE en Acción) or teach English through technology (Duolingo).

Support children and adults’ education in the Guanacaste communities of Montezuma, Cóbano, Mal País, Santa Teresa and Manzanillo by providing English, an important skill in finding and holding jobs in the area’s tourism-based economy.

Empower youth in Bahia Ballena-Uvita, Osa to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

With a marine surface that is 10 times bigger than the terrestrial Costa Rica’s oceans are a true blue asset. Including the famous World Heritage Site Cocos Island, whom Jacques Cousteau “the most beautiful island in the world”, Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline (212 km on the Caribbean coast and 1,016 km on the Pacific). These oceans shelter at least 6,777 species, representing 3.5% of known species in the planet. Ensure Costa Rica a “blue” future by contributing to the development of ocean stewards.

Empower youth in Bahia Ballena-Uvita, Osa to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

With a marine surface that is 10 times bigger than the terrestrial Costa Rica’s oceans are a true blue asset. Including the famous World Heritage Site Cocos Island, whom Jacques Cousteau “the most beautiful island in the world”, Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline (212 km on the Caribbean coast and 1,016 km on the Pacific). These oceans shelter at least 6,777 species, representing 3.5% of known species in the planet. Ensure Costa Rica a “blue” future by contributing to the development of ocean stewards.

Empower a network for change in Guanacaste

Improve education and health care throughout the province, provide top-notch private-school scholarships to local kids, or support a wide variety of other initiatives with a general donation to the Guanacaste Community Fund.